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Dell R720 Raid using diffrent HDD Sizes
Hi All
Dell R720 Server fully updated using SUU
The server came with 8 x 600gb sas hard drives.
I would like to use my Sata 2x 4tb Seagate Iron Wolf and 4x 1tb Iron Wolf using Raid 0
However when I am in the Raid setup I see the 2 4tb hdds plus the 1tb hdds.
I select the 2 4tb hdds it states in the VD Size as 7541.00 GB but then when I select the 1tb hdd the VD Size drops down to 2793.00 GB
What do I need to do so I can use both 4tb and 1tb hdds togeather in raid without losing any hdd space.
I have installed windows 10 using only the 4tb hdds using UEFI Mode and when I view the the storage it states I have 7.xxx tb and the same when I install windows server 2016
Please see images
First Image showing only the 4tb selected
Second image shows when I select the 2 4tb and 1tb hdd
Many thanks
John
DELL-Charles R
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March 19th, 2024 18:29
Hello,
The array will only use the capacity of each drive up to the smallest capacity drive in the array.
This is also the case if replacing a drive in an array. You can use a replacement drive that is the same size or larger than the drives in the array. If you use a larger one it will only use up to the size of the disks in the array.
You could put the two 4TB drives in a RAID0 and put the 1TB drive in a separate RAID0
Scorp1960
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March 19th, 2024 19:17
Hi
Thank you Charles R for your reply
John